Anchor image identification for vertical video search
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1. A computer-implemented method for accumulating candidate anchor images, the computer-implemented method comprising performing computer-implemented operations for:
- identifying an image link from a list included in a site, by a computer comprising one or more processors, during a Web crawling operation performed by a video search application;
determining, by the computer, whether the image link points to an image that is representative of a video contained in a Web page having a video page pattern;
associating the image link with the Web page, by the computer, if it is determined that the image link points to the image that is representative of the video contained in the Web page; and
storing the image that is representative of the video contained within the Web page in a storage medium in association with the image link and the Web page, wherein the image stored in the storage medium is a candidate anchor image among a plurality of candidate anchor images in the storage medium for anchor image selection.
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Abstract
Anchor images and information associated therewith are accumulated during a Web crawling operation. One or more rules are applied to the accumulated candidate anchor images to filter out candidate anchor images that are not appropriate for use as the anchor image for a particular target video. The remaining candidate anchor image is then selected as the anchor image for the particular video.
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1. A computer-implemented method for accumulating candidate anchor images, the computer-implemented method comprising performing computer-implemented operations for:
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identifying an image link from a list included in a site, by a computer comprising one or more processors, during a Web crawling operation performed by a video search application; determining, by the computer, whether the image link points to an image that is representative of a video contained in a Web page having a video page pattern; associating the image link with the Web page, by the computer, if it is determined that the image link points to the image that is representative of the video contained in the Web page; and storing the image that is representative of the video contained within the Web page in a storage medium in association with the image link and the Web page, wherein the image stored in the storage medium is a candidate anchor image among a plurality of candidate anchor images in the storage medium for anchor image selection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-implemented method for filtering and selecting an anchor image from a set of candidate anchor images, the computer-implemented method comprising performing computer-implemented operations for:
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identifying, by a computer comprising one or more processors, a target image from one or more target images in an image list for consideration as an anchor image for a target video page, the anchor image including an image that is selected to represent the target video page; generating one or more rules for selecting the anchor image based upon one or more factors for a Web site to which the target video page belongs; applying, by the computer, to the target image, the one or more rules for selecting the anchor image; determining automatically, by the computer, that the target image is valid as the anchor image for the target video page according to the one or more rules for selecting the anchor image; based at least in part on the determining, selecting, by the computer, the target image as the anchor image for the target video page; and storing the target image as the anchor image for the target video page in a storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer storage medium having computer readable instructions stored thereupon that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
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identify an image link during a Web crawling operation of a video search application; determine if the image link points to an image in a Web page having a video page pattern; associate the image link with the Web page based at least in part on determining that the image link points to the Web page; apply, to a target image associated with the image link, one or more rules for selecting an anchor image, the anchor image including an image that is selected to represent the Web page; determine automatically that the target image is valid as the anchor image for the Web page according to the one or more rules for selecting the anchor image based at least in part on at least one of the one or more rules for selecting the anchor image not excluding the target image as the anchor image; based at least in part on determining automatically that the target image is valid as the anchor image for the Web page, select the target image as the anchor image for the Web page; and store the target image as the anchor image for the Web page in a storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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